Relatively stable N-benzhydryl- and N-benzyldiarylketene imines and their conversion to cyanodiarylmethanes via an isolable radical
摘要:
An efficient synthetic route to the sterically hindered ketene imines N-benzyl- and N-benzylhydrylbis(pentamethylphenyl)ketene imines 8 from dipentamethylphenyl ketene 6 is described. The thermal stability of these ketene imines is in marked contrast to the diphenylketene imine analogues which rearrange rapidly to C-tri-substituted nitriles. On heating 8b is converted to the relatively stable free radical 13 which can be reduced to the nitrile 10 in a variety of solvents. These radicals are proposed intermediates in the ketene imine-nitrile rearrangement, and the mechanism of this reaction is considered in in terms of these results.
This invention relates to compounds of Formulas I, II, and III, and their use as inhibitors of phosphatidylcholine transfer protein (PC-TP). The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of disorders related to the inhibition of PC-TP using the compounds of Formulas I, II, and III. Such disorders include obesity and disorders associated with obesity.